Candle attachment.



PATENTED NOV/24, 1903.

M. L. BUSH. CANDLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 12, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

' \HH SSQ 5% jLWm UNITED STATES Patented November .24, 1903.

MARTIN L. BUSH, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

" CANDLE ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,151, dated November 24, 1903.

Application filed December 12, 1902. Serial No. 184,966. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN L. Even, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex'and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Candle Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments to candles for the purpose of supporting them in a vertical position independently of a candlestick or other support, and has for its object to provide an attachment to a candle which, while not interfering with the ordinary use of the candle, will enable it to be supported in position independently of a candlestick and which will likewise enable a candle to be attached to a support when required.

The invention consists in a flexible strip preferably embedded in the material of the candle and adapted to be disposed in longitudinal alinement therewith when the candle is to be employed in an ordinary candlestick or to-be extended laterally to form a supporting-base thereto when it is desired to support the candle independently of the candlestick or to connect it to some suitable support other than a candlestick.

The invention further consists in means for supporting the wick of the candle so that. when the candle burns out the wick end will be supported in a vertical position and prevented from falling over and igniting surrounding objects.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which corresponding designating characters are employed to designate corresponding parts in all the figures, Figure l is a side elevation of a candle embodying the improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation,enlarged,of the lower portion of a candle with the improvement applied. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the attachment, illustrating one of the purposes for which it is employed. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the attachment removed from the candle. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, illustratinga slight modification in the construction. Fig. 6 represents the two parts of the base-support reversed in position to illustrate the manner of uniting them. Fig. 7 is a perspective View illustrating one manner of using the improved device.

This invention is-intended to be applied to candles employed by plumbers, steam-fitters, boiler-makers, and other workmen who are employed frequently in cramped dark localities requiring a light, which may be easily moved from place to place, and which may be readily carried with tools or other implements employed in the work.

The improved attachment consists in flexible strips, preferably of metal, connected to or embedded in the candle material and adapted to be bent into longitudinal alinement with the candle or extended laterally therefrom to form a base or support or to be bent around a supporting member adapted to be inserted into a crevice or other aperture. By this means when not required the attachment will not interfere with the ordinary use of the candle in a candlestick or other similar support, while at the same time by simply extending the flexible strips laterally the candle may be very'readily transformed into a self-supporting one when required. The flexible strips will preferably be arranged transversely and connected at their crossing-points and embedded in the material of the candle. The transversely-disposed strips will also preferably be bent upward centrally, so that a portion of the candle material will be below the central portion of the strips as shown in Fig. 2, this arrangement insuring the retention of the attachment to the candle. One of the strips will be provided with tongues cleft therefrom and bent into engagement with the other strip, by which means the strips are united.

In the drawings the candle is indicated at 10 and the flexible strips at 11 12, transversely disposed and bent upwardly at their centers, the strip 11 being provided with tongues 13, cleft therefrom and bent into engagement with the other strip, 12, as shown, by which means the two strips are transversely united and maintained in their relative positions, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

The strips 11 12 are provided with contrally-disposed registering recesses or perforations, as indicated at 14. In Fig. 4 the apertures 14 are in the form of circular perforations, While in Fig. 5 the apertures are in the form of open slots. The wick of the candle (indicated at passes through the apertures 14, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the attachment will be connected to the candle by inserting it into the mold before the candle material is poured in, the lower.end of the wick 15 having been first inserted through the aperture. Either one of the forms of the perforation 14 may be employed; but the open slot (shown in Fig. 5) provides for the insertion of the attachment around the wick in the mold after the wick has been placed therein and will be a more convenient means of attachment than that shown in Fig.4, in which it will be necessary to thread the wick through the aperture after the attachment has been placed in the mold. Either of the modifications may be employed, however, without affooting the principle of the invention, as they both produce the same result in substantially the same manner.

The attachment when first applied will be in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the outer ends of the strips 11 12 turned upwardly in engagement with the sides of the candle, and in this shape will be placed in the mold,

' with the wick 15 inserted in the aperture 14,

as above noted. Then when the candle material is poured into the mold it will embed the device in the bottom end of the candle, leaving nothing exposed except the vertical portions of the strips, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When thus prod need, the presence of the attachment does not interfere with the use of the candle in any ordinary candlestick, as will be obvious; but if it is required to use the candle independently of the candlestick, as is frequently required by mechanics, as above noted, it is only necessary to bend the ends of the strips outwardly, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, to form a base or support which will hold the candle erect and enable it to be placed in any desired locality relative to the work being performed and readily movable from place to place, as required.

If desired, the extended ends of the strips 11 12 may be bent around any object conveniently located for that purpose or connected in the same manner to a spur or stud adapted to be inserted into a crevice or other aperture or into the side walls of excavations or driven into wooden partitions or walls, as required. The device is thus capable of being employed in a great variety of positions and enables the candle to be very quickly and readily located at any desired point and quickly moved from place to place and again supported in its new position.

The device may be manufactured and applied at a very slight expense and will not materially increase the expense of the candle to which it is applied.

One of the veryimportant functions of the improved device is to support the wick end in a vertical position after the candle material has been melted away from it and consumed and the wick end prevented from falling over and setting fire to the support upon which it rests, as frequently occurs when candle ends are left to burn out. By this simple expedient if the candle is carelessly left to burn out the burning wick end will be supported above the material on which the candle rests and prevent it from coming in contact with it while burning, and all dangerof fire from this source is thus obviated. This is a very important feature of the invention and adds very materially to the value of the device.

Any number of the strips 11 12 may be employed, but generally two will be sufiicient, as shown.

The device may be applied to any size of candle and to candles made of any of the ordinary materials or compounds.

When employed in ordinary candlesticks, the flexible strips may be bent outward, as indicated by dotted lines 16 in Fig. 1, to engage the inner sides of the candle-support and form a tension device to prevent the candle falling therefrom.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a candle having flexible wings adapted to be disposed in longitudinal alinement therewith or extended laterally to form a support therefor, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a candle having flexible wings partially embedded in the material of the candle and adapted to be disposed in longitudinal alinement therewith or extended laterally to form a support therefor, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a candle having flexible wings partially embedded in the lower end thereof and adapted to be disposed in longitudinal alinement therewith or extended laterally to form a support therefor, substantially as described.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a candle having transversely disposed flexible strips adapted to be turned into longitudinal alinement therewith or extended laterally to form a support therefor, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a candle, of transversely-disposed flexible strips having registering apertures engaging the wick of the candle, one of said strips having spaced tongues extending therefrom and engaging the opposite strip, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a candle, of transversely-disposed flexible strips extended upwardly and partially embedded in the material of the candle and provided with recesses engaging the candle-wick, whereby when the candle burns out, the wick end will be supported in a vertical position and prevented from overturning, substantially as described.

7. The combination with a candle, of trans versely-disposed flexible strips laterally ex- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as tended and partially embedded in the matemy own I have hereto affixed my signature in 10 rial of the candle and provided with recesses the presence of two Witnesses.

en agim the candle-Wick said lateral extensio iis being adapted to be disposed in longif- MARTIN BUSH tudinal alinement with the candle or laterally Witnesses:

extended to form a support therefor, substan- ELLA E. HULFORD,

tially as described. GEORGE O. CORLESS. 

